R&D Centre for Iron and Steel

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The Research & Development Centre for Iron & Steel (RDCIS) at Ranchi is the corporate R&D unit of SAIL. Set up in 1972, the Centre has ISO: 9001 certification to its credit. It undertakes R&D projects in diverse realms of Iron & Steel Technology under the categories of Plant Performance Improvement (PPI), Product Development (PD), Scientific Investigation and Development (SID), Basic Research (BR) and Technical Services (TS).

RDCIS has around 236 dedicated and competent scientists and engineers and its laboratory is equipped with around 300 sophisticated diagnostic research equipment and 5 pilot plant facilities.

RDCIS provides customers with prompt, innovative and cost-effective R&D solutions; develop and commercialize improved processes and products; continually enhance the capability of its human resources to emerge as a centre of excellence. The major efforts are directed towards cost reduction, quality improvement and value-addition to products of SAIL plants and providing application engineering support to SAIL’s products at customers’ end. RDCIS, along with steel plants, takes initiatives to develop special steel products utilizing the modernized production facilities at steel plants.

RDCIS also offers technological services to various organizations in the form of Know-how transfer of technologies developed by RDCIS; Consultancy services; Specialized testing services; Contract research; Technology Awareness Programmes.